The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-08
AROUND Thu RACE TRACK.
THE CLUBHOUSE GROUNDS AS.
sUMING ATTRACTIVE GARB.
Arrival Of Racers Interesting Tart
Items From the Country
at Large.


back an leader for the deer at tue park.
he Is royal looking fellow, but very
vicious.
CALDWELL has withdrawn from the
MANAGEMENT OF the New Orleans win
ter meeting, and Jim Williams has as
sumed charge.
SUPERINTENDENT GREENWOOD Is
building q network house for the En-
glish pheasants. They will be at home
alter next week.
A TELEGRAM from Mobile announces
that B ne Wing and The Burbon, who
have been suffering from coughs havs
recovered and are now ia good health,
LUCKY" BALDWIN has challenged
James Murphy for race for from
5000 10 500, 600, Volante against Mon
tana Regent, Murphy to name the
amount.
LUKE ALEXANDER, who, by the way,
Is a great derby zip" is a large, hand.
some gray colt He end Fanchette are
in the same stable, and will beth start
at the coming spring meeting.
DE- SHsPPARD, the noted wet" Of
this West, mas arrived 10 look after Jim
Gray. The Doctor says the horse IL
doing 20 well as he could expect and
is gta,ited a. his improvement.
B. J. JOHNSON 10 reported as having
purchased LigaD, Berlin, Little jos
and Ebie B. from Campbell & Fenton
and will ship them East to participate
in the early spring racing there.
YoUSG WILLIAMS has sarrived and
will again ride for LaMasney. He Ia a
sprightly young colored boy, has a
head on him like Ia Hyer, and is one
OF the most promising jockeys on the
tart.
The clubhouse grounds are again
putting on their last summers at
trac,ive form. Tbs flowers are bud.
ding out, the lawn looks like a green
carpet, and the roses and vines are a.
ready budding.
FREEMAN, owned by j. d. Patton, OF
81. Louis, Is at the track In LeMasney'a
stable. He is looking we'll and bids
fair to recover his three year old form.
Should he do so he will be among the
best OF the year. 1t will take q Trou-
badour or Freeland TO beat him.
AS REGARDS fremont being reserved
by the Dryers for the Suburban,
nothing has been decided as yet, and
the talk which has been going the
rounds OF certain papers that Michael
Dryer had offered to take 100000
against $4,000 about the black colt has
not theHmallest particle OF foundation.
THBRR Is much comment here over
the failure OF the Eastern papers TO
publish Kaloolah's declaration in tho
suburban, 1t is well known fact here
that the mare was declared, aud in
view OF the TACT that several large bets
were laid against her last week, the
Transactions naturally look a little
shady"
II p. WILSON'S American bred horse
Sachem by War Dance, dam Sly Boots,
won the bennington Handicap
stet plechase at the Warwick and
bennington meeting on the 10Th
ultimo. He was ridden by his wner
at lb2 pounds, aud started At Q 10 4
against The distance wac about two
miles. Sachem won by length from
the French bred horse Entraineur,
carrying 1853 pounds, with three others
ia the race
The Louisville Courier Journal says:
'Without q doubt the bettlog lists
giving the odds against the horses la
the Deiby have omitted Ban Yam.
Those that have backed horees on the
list as II Is ara now discussing the fol-
lowing proposition: Should Ban Yam
win, and some other horse that has
been backed run second, would the
hacker VI the second horse be entitled
10 his bet2 With but few exceptions,
bettorB here agree that he would la
case such state OF affairs should sx.
ist, II would be we'll II the question
were definitely ssttled at the earliest
possible moment"
A TELEGRAM received by the stable
here announces the death OF l.. ID.
Kelcham at Salt Lake. Nothing Ia
known OF the particulars other than
that no was shot and instantly killed.
As Sheriff Of a border county OF Dol.
orado In the old days when lie aud
law were held equally cheap, Mr..
Ketcham made a name throughout
the entire West, Cool and brave to
desperation, added TO the fact OF hip
being one OF the celebrated shots Il
that country, he necessarily made
enemies, and 1t Ia supposed he met his
death O. the hands OF one OF this olass.
News from Gen. Jackson's famous
stock farm at Belle Meade Ia to the Of.
feet that the yearlings, forty-one in
number, which are to be sold this
spring, are an exceptionally fine lot Of
youngsters. Iroquois, the only Amor
lean horse that ever won the Eugligh
Derby, is now at Belle Meade. II will
be remembered that Gen. Jackson
bought him ut the sale Of Mr.. Pierre
Lorilad's horses last autumn for what
was c,nsidered the Bomswhat low
price OF $40, 900 Iroquoiu has wintsTed
we'll and will serve twenty selected
mares belonging TO the General. Since
the purchase OF Ir quoisa we'll know a
Caliiornl ,n--not Mr.. Haggln, by the
vay-ofIerel $4,000 for the brown son
OF Leamir gtoa and Maggie b. b., but
Gen. Jackson refused the offer, saying
that no colt or filly by Ircquols should
bs born elsewhere than at Belle
Meade.
J. S. CAMPBKLL writes as follows tC
the New York Sportsman:
NsW 0RLEASs, La, February "a, 1881
To the Bditor Of tho Sportsman;
Referring to the Cathcart declared on rae,
here, you say, among other things bearing
or the action Of the judges, that ]. 8. Camp
bell was warned" Will you lot mo say
stoutly and pointsdly, that the statement Il
incorrect My hope, Berlin. won the race
/ thought he was able to win II, and backed
him accordingly, without any reference I,
whether aug Their hotso should be stopped
or pulled. Why should be warned" foi
winnir race when had no more 10 d
with the movements Of other horses In III,
race than did the man in the moonf VA
not warned" and l certainly did nothinl
20 suggest such action by tho judges.
think can confidently leave II to the pub.
lie, and the tpeoulating public In partioulsr
as 70 whether run my horses TO win, And
under such 81 cumstsnces It Is certainly do.
ing mo an injustice 20 have me figure in IN.
roll Of being warned" by the iudges.
J. S. CAMPBELL.
There was never the slightest evi
dencs brough, iorwGrd against Mr.
Campbell, snd We are clad he has seen